Joint Institute for Advanced Study / Princeton University Astrophysics Colloquium

Colloquiums are held on Tuesdays at 11:00 am and are organized by The Institute for Advanced Study in the Fall and Princeton University in the Spring. Details on the current colloquiums can be found below. Coffee provided 10:30am to 11:00am before the start of the lecture. The Joint Astrophysics Colloquium is immediately followed by the Bahcall Lunch. 

For questions about a speaker's visit to The Institute for Advanced Study in the Fall, please contact Alexander J. Dittmann, Biwei Dai, or Amanda Cenker.

For questions about a speaker's visit to Princeton University the Spring, please contact:  or Mami Akiyama

Videos of past talks at the IAS can be found on the IAS video server or on YouTube.

Colloquia Archives

Current Colloquium Schedule

Apr
21
2026

Institute for Advanced Study / Princeton University Joint Astrophysics Colloquium

Clash of the Titans: Galaxy mergers in the nearby Universe
Sara Ellison
11:00am|Peyton Hall Auditorium

Abstract: Astronomy's current model of galaxy evolution is built on a foundation of hierarchical growth, in which small galaxies merge together to form larger ones.  In addition to the simple accrual of mass, this merging process is predicted to...